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Correlation: Sitting Is Bad For Your Health And Exercise Won't Help

Advances in technology in recent decades have obviated the need and desire for humans to move....

It's About Calories, So Kimchi Is Not A Weight Loss Superfood - But You May Eat Less

Fermented foods have become popular in recent years, partly due to their perceived health benefits....

Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because...

Why Does Anyone Still Search For The Loch Ness Monster?

Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday...

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Fight Cybercrime With Smarter Habits

Fight Cybercrime With Smarter Habits

Jan 28 2015 | comment(s)


Wise advice. Julia Wolf, CC BY-NC-SA

By Arun Vishwanath, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Why Climate Scientists Shouldn't Testify Before Congress

Why Climate Scientists Shouldn't Testify Before Congress

Jan 27 2015 | comment(s)


Climate scientists will be either ineffectual or counter-productive if they testify before Congress. EPA

By Mathis Hampel, University of East Anglia

Western liberal democracies believe that in difficult political decisions science serves as a referee and arbiter of truth.

Carhacking: Computerized Vehicles Are More Vulnerable Than Ever

Carhacking: Computerized Vehicles Are More Vulnerable Than Ever

Jan 27 2015 | comment(s)


Who's really driving your car? Saad Faruque, CC BY-SA

By Andrew Smith, The Open University and Blaine Price, The Open University

If Abortion Is A Choice Then Sex Selection Abortion Should Remain Legal

If Abortion Is A Choice Then Sex Selection Abortion Should Remain Legal

Jan 27 2015 | comment(s)


Opposing this law change is not anti-feminist. shutterstock

By Pam Lowe, Aston University

A campaign is underway in the United Kingdom to make it illegal to abort a child based on its gender.

Proponents say they are worried about women being coerced into terminating female fetuses and that action needs to be taken to stop discrimination against baby girls.

What Parts Of Education Should Be Done By Teachers Instead Of Parents?

What Parts Of Education Should Be Done By Teachers Instead Of Parents?

Jan 27 2015 | comment(s)

Happy 150th Birthday To Maxwell's Theory Of Electromagnetism

Happy 150th Birthday To Maxwell's Theory Of Electromagnetism

Jan 26 2015 | comment(s)


Time-dependent Maxwell's equations in media 

By Robyn Arianrhod, Monash University

It’s hard to imagine life without mobile phones, radio and television. Yet the discovery of the electromagnetic waves that underpin such technologies grew out of an abstract theory that’s 150 years old.